2 Oct
2007
2 Oct
'07
5:48 p.m.
At 11:37 PM +0100 10/1/07, Tony Duell wrote:
For the first part, I'd offer to do it for you, but
it would be illegal
to do so. Owing to our totally daft laws, (a) I'd have to use lead-free
solder, which I don't have, don't trust, and am not set up to use and
How hard is it to work with lead-free solder, and is it becoming a
problem to get traditional solder in the US? I've been meaning to
pick up a few rolls. As I'm still using a roll purchased in the 80's
from Rat Shack for building a couple things for my
VIC-20, I haven't
been going through it that fast. Though I seem to be using
it more
often now than.
(b)
it has been said that if an enthusiast (specifically a model engineer,
but it would apply here too) does jobs for others, then his workshop
becomes a workplace and is covered by all the daft health-and-safety
rules that I have no desire to get involved with, and which quite
honestly, would stop me from getting on with things.
Does it count as a job if you don't take payment?
Zane
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